Tree holes in a mixed broad-leaf-podocarp rain forest, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-208

  Blakely, Tanya J ^a   Didham, Raphael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dacrycarpus; Forest canopy; Microhabitats; Nothafagus; Prumnopitys

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOREST CANOPY; MICROHABITAT; RAINFOREST;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

DACRYCARPUS; DACRYCARPUS DACRYDIOIDES; FAGACEAE; INVERTEBRATA; NOTHOFAGUS FUSCA; PODOCARPACEAE; PRUMNOPITYS; PRUMNOPITYS FERRUGINEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58149171747     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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